Seal-press



TINTTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

A. R. CHASE, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

SEAL-PRESS.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 2,059, dated April 19, 1841.

T 0 all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, A. RALsToN CHASE', or' the city of Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Machine, called a- Seal- Press, for inaking' impressions from seals or other engravings upon paper or other substances, and l do hereby declare that the following' is a. full, clear, and exact description ci the construction and operation of the saine, reference Abeing' had to the annexed isoinetrical drawings, inaking a part of this speciiication, in which- Letter A is the seal or other engraving'- B, a frame or cylinder of iron to contain the counter die C, which is inade of lead or other suitable inaterial- D, a guide rod which works in two holes in the traine at J', J',- E, a pin on which l?" the eccentric end of the lever niovesl?, F', a lever, the eccentric end il" being' inserted in the traine opposite the end of the guide rod D, and Inoving' on the pin E,- G, a screw passing tliroug'h the traine and entering' A, contines it to its place- H, a handle to the lever 19,* I, T, T, aspiral or coiled spring, one end resting' against the traine, the. other against the sliding pin L,- J, J, J, J, J', J', the traine of cast iron, brass, or other suitable inatei'ial- L, a sliding pin, fixed in the rod D and its ends resting' on the frame- O, projections at each end of the frame by which the whole may be inade fast when necessary.

The several separate parts being properly inade and each litted for its place, then, the rod D, D, D, is passed through the holes at J J in the trame and through the spring E, I, I, the pin L is lixed in the rod D, the cylinder B, with itsfcontained counter die C is screwed upon the rod D, at the end next the seal A. The seal or plate is screwed ii'nily .to its place and the opposite surfaces, of the engraving, plate or seal, and the counter die, are inade or fixed parallel to each other and perpendicular to the axis el" the rod D. rl`he eccentric end of the lever is placed in the traine opposite the end of the rod D and is there held by the pin E on which it mores. Then the substance intended to be impressed is placed between A and C, and the handle H of the lever being moved outward and downward, the eccentric end I1" operating` upon D forces it (D) together w'th B and its contained counter die C toward A, and produces the impression desired. back to its place at lirst, the springa retracts the rod, when the operation inay be repeated. The machine inay be used also for pressing and embossing' books, cards, &c., for a copying press or any other purpose where inuch power is required.

Vhat I' claim as iny invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- The combination of the lever F haring' an eccentric `t'orined on its end at E (F') with the lguide rod D and the spiral or coiled spring' T, the whole being' constructed and operating' as set forth.

A. RALSTON CHASE. Witnesses FLAUREN BALL, S. P. CHASE.

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